Re: fullscreen mode in xfce4

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

Daniel Rubin <daniel@warum-ada.de> writes:

> Dieter Wilhelm wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm running xfce4.  When I start my first Emacs frame with the option
>> --fullscreen it works like a charm.  But I'd like to open other frames
>> in the same session in fullscreen mode as well.  How can I achieve
>> this?  The window manager offers his own maximise method but then I
>> still have a window manager frame around my Emacs frames 8-(.
>
> Hi Dieter,
> I discovered it just a few days ago myself (reading this list): Do
>   M-x customize-variable RET default-frame-alist
> and set a parameter `fullscreen' to value `fullboth'.

Thanks a lot, exactly what I was looking for.

> (A note on window managers: I'm using icewm and by pressing Alt-F11 I
> get fully maximized windows--no borders, no title bar, just no space
> wasted. Maybe xfce has a similar feature?)

Probably, but I've also other issues with lots of key bindings (M-})
not sent to Emacs.  Maybe I'll go back to Openbox.

-- 
    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany